Judge Michael W. MosmanSeptember 2012: Median Prison Sentence

Percent not reported where cases too few to provide meaningful comparison.Table 1: Current and 5 YearMedian Prison Sentence Comparison

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Judge

District

Compared To District

U.S.

Compared To U.S.

Latest Fiscal Year

28.5

70.0

-

51.0

-

Previous Fiscal Year

160.0

63.0

-

57.0

-

Past 5 Years

63.5

60.0

5.8%

60.0

5.8%

Percent not reported where cases too few to provide meaningful comparison.Table 1: Current and 5 YearMedian Prison Sentence Comparison

For all cases disposed of in the current fiscal year (2012) that were credited
to Judge Michael W. Mosman in the District of Oregon, the
median prison sentence was 28.5 months, when looking only at cases with a lead charge of "21 USC 846 - Attempt and conspiracy".
During the current fiscal year, Judge Michael W. Mosman has
sentenced 2 defendants
compared with 5 defendants during the twelve months
of the previous fiscal year.

Over the last five years, the median prison sentence imposed on defendants
that were credited to Judge Mosman was 63.5 months. This was
5.8% higher than the 60.0 months typical
in Oregon and 5.8% higher than
the 60.0 months median prison sentence for the nation.
Judge Michael W. Mosman sentenced 14 defendants during the past five years.

(CAUTION: The kinds of cases handled by individual judges influences
statistical information about their sentences. It therefore is
important to consider the breakdown of cases that each has handled,
available below, when making judge-by-judge comparisons.)

Figure 1: Five Year Comparison of Median Prison Sentencein Months

Figure 1 compares Judge Mosman's numbers to those for judges in this district and
in the United States as a whole for cases of this type over the last five years.

During the last five years there were 6 other judges in the District of Oregon with information
on convictions during that period.
Median prison sentence numbers passed down for those judges
ranged from 37.0 months to 120.0 months, putting Judge Mosman's median prison sentence
of 63.5 months at the higher end of the range.
The median prison sentence
for the whole District of Oregon during that time was 60.0 months.

Figure 2: Detailed Comparison among Judges for the District of Oregon

Professional Biography

Born 1956 in Eugene, OR

Federal Judicial Service
Judge, U. S. District Court, District of Oregon

Nominated by George W. Bush on May 8, 2003, to a seat vacated by Robert E. Jones; Confirmed by the Senate on September 25, 2003, and received commission on September 26, 2003.

Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Malcolm Wilkey, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1984-1985Private practice, 1985Law clerk, Justice Lewis F. Powell, Supreme Court of the United States, 1985-1986Private practice, Portland, Oregon, 1986-1988Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Oregon, 1988-2001U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon, 2001-2003

Program Areas of Cases Handled

Cases disposed of by Judge Michael W. Mosman for the past five years fell into a number
of broad categories. The lead category for these cases was Narcotics/Drugs accounting for 100.0% of cases.

Lead Investigative Agencies in Cases Handled

The lead investigative agency that referred cases disposed of by Judge Michael W. Mosman for the past five years
was the Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation. It accounted for 71.4% of all cases.

Other agencies with substantial numbers of cases that were disposed
by Judge Michael W. Mosman over the past five years were:
Justice - Drug Enforcement Administration (21.4%), Other - State/Local Authorities (7.1%).